what do red ear slider turtles luv???

Answer 1

Red Ear Slider Turtles can be fed a mixture of prepared commercial food and fresh food. Special food formulated for turtles can be used, but this should only make up about 25% of the total diet. The proportions of fresh supplements will depend on the age of the turtle, but can include live feeder fish, earthworms, crickets, waxworms, bloodworms, aquatic snails, fresh greens (collard, mustard and dandelion greens, and dark leafy lettuces but never head lettuce), aquatic plants, and shredded vegetables.

Items to Feed Red Eared Sliders

Feeder Items: live feeder fish (guppies, goldfish, minnows), earthworms, crickets, waxworms, earthworms, silkworms, aquatic snails, blood worms, daphnia, shrimp, krill, mealworms. For very small turtles, prey may have to be cut into smaller pieces. Larger turtles can be offered larger items like tadpoles.
Leafy greens: collard, mustard and dandelion greens, kale, bok choy. Head (iceberg) lettuce should never be feed as it contains very little nutrition, but dark green leaf lettuces (e.g romaine) can be feed sparingly
Aquatic plants: in an aquarium or pond you can add aquatic plants on which turtles usually love to snack. Submerged plants like anacharis are often eaten, as are water hyacinth, water lettuce, duckweed, azolla (fairy moss), and frog-bit.
Other vegetables: carrots (tops are fine too), squash and green beans.
Supplements
A good reptile multivitamin with calcium and vitamin D3 shoule be mixed with the food a couple of times a week. Also, an excellent way to provide additional calcium is by putting a cuttlebone in the turtle tank. These are often avaiable in the bird section, and they can be affixed to the tank or just floated in the water.

Red Eared Slider Feeding Tips

Catching wild prey items is fine, as long as you are sure they are pesticide free. Same for vegetation.
Vegetables can be shredded to make them easier to eat, especially for smaller turtles.
Some experts recommend feeding fresh fruits such as bananas, berries, apples, and melon. However, this isn't really a natural staple in the red eared sliders diet and it may cause diarrhea. If used, fruit should be only in very small quantities.
Don't feed frozen fish, or at least not very often, as freezing some types of fish increases levels of an enzyme in the fish that destroys vitamin B1.
Cooked chicken and cooked lean beef don't offer balanced nutrition and these will foul the water very quickly. Use only as very occasional treats and feed only if you use a feeding tank outside of the main tank.
Never feed raw chicken or meat due to the risk of bacterial contamination.
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I hope this helps :)

Answer 2

They are omnivores so a mix of vegetable and meat will do nicely. Fresh shrimps or dried shrmips, some fish and even tubifex worms will do nicely for the protein . Green leafy vegetables like lettuce, spinach, watercress is great too.
Good luck with them!! Remember they need heat too. Uv light is needed if u stay in a temperate country. Try to sun them in the morning sun.

Answer 3

Turtles naturally eat plants and fish. How about buying those bottled turtle food? You can also look at the picture to see if it looks like your turtle.

Answer 4

big swimming spaces

warm water (75-80F)

clean water

sunlight (or good fake light with UVB rays)

good food, especially live foods

knowledgable keepers

tank mates... if there is enough room!

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Answer 5

bugs, flies, crickets

Answer 6

chicken liver they love it